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4:46 PM.The US President Donald Trump says the countries where IS fighters originated should be the ones to take them back from Syria and deal with them. International law expert Alexander Gillespie discusses… Read more Audio

4:44 PM.Is your front lawn a symbol of your middle-classness? What actual purpose do they serve? They suck up a lot of water and chemicals, in the form of fertilizer and weedkiller. They offer no food for… Read more Audio

4:43 PM.Question of the day: where is one place in NZ that you have explored that you would recommend to others? Audio

4:33 PM.This week is GO Week or Get Outdoors Week. It's all about appreciating nature. One man who's seen a lot more of New Zealand than most of us - and on foot - is Bruce Hopkins. Bruce appeared in the RNZ… Read more Audio

4:28 PM.Eight high schools have banned Afro and braided hairstyles. One view is that this is racist because some students have no control over how their hair grows. Is this racism or should students just… Read more Audio

4:18 PM.The government is introducing a new tax on multinational companies which includes giants such as Facebook, Youtube and Google. We ask tax barrister Mark Keating how this can be enforced and what… Read more Audio

4:08 PM.Another poll and yet another bout of bad news for the National Party and it's leader Simon Bridges. National is down to 42% while the Labour Party up to 45 %. The Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern's… Read more Audio

4:05 PM.This week is GO Week or Get Outdoors Week. It's all about appreciating nature. One man who's seen a lot more of New Zealand than most of us - and on foot - is Bruce Hopkins. Bruce appeared in the RNZ… Read more Audio

4:03 PM.Another poll and yet another bout of bad news for the National Party and it's leader Simon Bridges. National is down to 42% while the Labour Party up to 45 %. The Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern's… Read more Audio

3:46 PM.Wired are currently publishing a series on how relationships are being impacted, or not, by modern technology. Audio

3:45 PM.Your feedback, and a preview of the guests and topics on The Panel. Audio

5:00 PM.Writer and social commentator Verity Johnson is in Auckland and the chair of Creative NZ Michael Moynahan is in the RNZ Wellington studio.

4:50 PM.Last week we did a piece about calls for CPR to be taught in schools. It got us thinking about recent calls for Mindfulness to be taught in schools... Audio

4:39 PM.Disturbing figures released last week by the World Health Organisation shows a big increase in the number of reported measels cases. In Europe, the number of cases went from 5,273 in 2016 , to 25,863… Read more Audio

4:32 PM.What NZ product do you really rate? Audio

4:32 PM.A new twist on an existing marketing strategy. The Buy NZ Made organisation is now rolling out New Zealand Grown stickers for meat and produce grown locally. The labels are a way for businesses to… Read more Audio

4:24 PM.The banning of the herbicide Roundup from use in public spaces has seen the city's weed-killing bill rise dramatically. From $450k a year to $2.1m. Roundup's active ingredient is glyphosate and is the… Read more Audio

4:19 PM.It seems that even if an employee wins a case against an employer in the Employment Court there is no guarantee they will actually see whatever settlement they're owed. This surely must deter… Read more Audio

4:10 PM.Economist Michael Reddell says the National Party kowtowed to China. It's the latest opnion on New Zealand's relationship with the world power. How much risk can we take in that relationship? Huawei… Read more Audio

4:05 PM.What NZ product do you really rate? A new twist on an exisiting marketing straegy. The Buy NZ Made organisation is now rolling out New Zealand Grown stickers for meat and produce grown locally. The… Read more Audio

4:03 PM.Economist Michael Reddell says the National Party kowtowed to China. It's the latest opnion on New Zealand's relationship with the world power. How much risk can we take in that relationship? Huawei… Read more Audio

3:47 PM.Could cooking an ordinary roast dinner make the air in your house unsafe to breathe - dirtier in fact than air on the street in Dehli or London - could it affect not only your breathing, but your… Read more Audio

3:45 PM.Your feedback, and a preview of the guests and topics on The Panel. Audio

5:00 PM.The CEO of the YWCA Dellwyn Stuart is in Auckland and Chris Wikaira a Director of BRG is in Wellington.

4:57 PM.The Mayor of Northern French town Feuquieres has issued a ban on excessive dog barking to curb what he calls "canine noise pollution". Dog owners will be fined 68 Euro for prolonged or repeated… Read more Audio